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The PorcupineHystrix (Acanthion) vinogradovi (Rodentia, Hystricidae) from the Early Pleistocene Taurida Locality in Crimea

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The remains of porcupines from the Lower Pleistocene deposits of the Taurida karstic cave discovered in 2018 in central Crimea (Zuya village, Belogorsk district) are referred to Hystrix (Acanthion) vinogradovi Argyropulo, 1941. This species is quite common for the Pleistocene of Eurasia. In Crimea, several isolated teeth of this species were described from the Lower Pleistocene of Tarkhankut previously.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank D.B. Startsev (Vernadsky Federal University of Crimea), D.O. Gimranov (Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), A.V. Lavrov and K.K. Tarasenko (PIN) for collection of material in 2018, A.O. Averianov (Zoological Institute RAS) for fruitful discussion, and S.V. Bagirov and A.M. Kuznetsov (PIN) for the help in preparing the photographs.

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This study was partly c supported by the Basic Research Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences “The Evolution of the Organic World: The Role and Effect of Planetary Processes.”

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Lopatin, A.V. The PorcupineHystrix (Acanthion) vinogradovi (Rodentia, Hystricidae) from the Early Pleistocene Taurida Locality in Crimea. Dokl Biol Sci 486, 86–90 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496619030086

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